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MIJAC/50 CENT COLLABO WAS A HOAX: King of Pop’s Two Seas label says a recent press release was not from them.
*If it seemed too strange to be true, turns out, it was. According to MTV, an e-mail claiming to originate from Michael Jackson’s Two Seas record label confirming a collaboration between 50 Cent and the superstar was just a prank.
In the weeks leading up to the fake e-mail sent Sunday, DJ Whoo Kid had done interviews about a recent trip to Bahrain to visit Jackson, and talked about a phone conversation he arranged between the two artists. While that trip actually happened, no concrete projects had come out of the meeting, contrary to recent reports.
Sunday’s phony e-mail plugged a song called “Now That I Found Love" that featured Jackson, 50 Cent and new singer Lucy Diamonds, and gave its release date as Nov 21. Two Seas, however, says that e-mail did not come from them.
"I do not know who put this story out, certainly not us," Two Seas spokesperson Sue Harris said, according to MTV. "But it doesn't surprise me."
Whoo Kid echoed Harris’ bewilderment. "I don't know who made that up," he said, according to MTV. "I don't know who Lucy Diamonds is."
Diamonds’ spokesperson Jonathan Hay told the network: "How are they saying it is a 50/ MJ/ Lucy song? This whole thing is freaking strange."
There was also talk that the song would appear on a Whoo Kid mixtape called “MJ Unit - The Takeover,” which would supposedly feature five unreleased Jackson songs and mash-ups of his prior hits with songs from G-Unit members, including Lloyd Banks, Mase, Young Buck, Mobb Deep and M.O.P. According to MTV, Whoo Kid’s forthcoming collaboration with Banks, Mase and Mobb Deep may have contributed to the rumor regarding Jackson. But "Now That I Found Love," according to MTV, gives shout-outs to 50's rival, the Game, as well as DJ Skee, Nu Jerzey Devil and Black Wall Street.
Hay says the MiJac/50 rumor might ruin Diamonds’ potential collaboration with The Game.
"This isn't good because Lucy is talking to Game, she's been talking to Game for a while," Hay said. "So she won't be on that [MJ Unit] mixtape, not unless they stole her song."
Meanwhile, Jackson’s camp is washing its hands of the whole thing, even refusing to separate fat from fiction.
"As far as we are concerned, details regarding the recording of Michael Jackson's albums are being kept under wraps," Harris said, according to MTV. "We will not be making any comments as to who may or may not be working with Michael Jackson in the studio. We will not be making any announcements, nor will we be reacting to any speculation or reports in the media."
*In other Jackson news, the New York Post is reporting that the singer has hired 10 workers through a local agency to care for the zoo animals at his Neverland Ranch, which local authorities had ordered shut down after Jackson failed to pay employees’ salaries and insurance policies. The singer paid $49,000 in fines for the infractions.
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